Welcome to Terri Husted's Homepage!

A Homepage for New (And Not So New) Math Teachers

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This homepage was created to give new math teachers ideas and suggestions to help with their teaching. Even though I've been teaching for more than twenty six years, I do not have all the answers. My first advice to anyone starting in teaching is to be careful of those who claim they know the perfect method of teaching. Teaching is an on-going learning experience. You will be challenged to use many approaches and methodologies. You must keep a balance between teaching skills, concepts and problem solving. Children learn mathematics in different ways and at different rates. What is often forgotten in math education is what is most important: You, the teacher. The way you present your lesson involves all of you and the connections you make with your students. Your honesty, your beliefs in what you do, the climate you create in your classroom, truly carry your lesson. These are the elements you bring into the classroom which are most remembered by your students. Also, when you take time to see math as your students see it, you will become a better math teacher. It is time in educational reform that we focus on the qualities of good teachers and not just good programs.

How to Start Making Connections	A Clear Lesson
Classroom Management	Resources for New Math Teachers
Multicultural Mathematics	Other Professional Suggestions
Most Loved Math Problems	Math Myths
Great Math Sites - NEW LINKS!	Cool Science Sites
Best Elementary Sites	Guidelines for Using the Internet
Homework and Assessments	Tons of Data for Statistics Lessons
Math and Science Internet Lessons-free downloads	Links for Internet Lessons
Math Ties and Math Detective Workbooks and Software	Graphing Calculator Sites
Other Sites for Collaborative Projects	Summer Review for my Students

I dedicate this homepage to six teachers who changed my life. From junior high school: Dr. Terence Garner, my 8th and 9th grade English teacher, now retired. He and his wife Beth took me under their wing when I was a newly-arrived refugee from Cuba and taught me that a good education can make a difference. Also from junior high school and high school: Miss Kamen (she's the teacher I mention in my Math Detective books), Mr. Castaldi, Mr. Bivens, Mr. Forrester, and Ms. Mary Sullivan, all Dade County School math teachers, from Miami, Florida. They taught me to love math and learning. From Barry University, my mathematics professor Sr. Paul James Villemure, OP. Her love and dedication for teaching and for her students radiated through every lesson. From SUNY Cortland where I obtained my Master's in Reading: Dr. Larry Bell, who taught me the importance of reading in the math content area. These are the teachers students never forget. All my life I've tried to help my students the way they helped me.

I also want to thank Professor Dani Novak of Ithaca College for being the first person to encourage me to make a web page. Also, Professor Avery Solomon of Cornell University who encouraged me to publish my collection of Problem Solving Day! problems.

For comments or suggestions, please write Terri Husted. I will write you back. You can also write me in Spanish. Visit my school district's home page.

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